Quebec Election Debates Leave Out Some Leaders

Some Quebec political party leaders are sparring over campaign debates announced today.

A consortium of public broadcasters, including Radio-Canada and Télé-Québec, will air a French-language debate on August 19.

The debate will feature the leaders of Quebec's four major parties — the Liberals, Parti Québécois, Coalition Avenir Québec and Québec Solidaire. Upstart sovereigntist party Option Nationale is excluded from the main debate.

Rival private television network TVA will host its own set of one-on-one debates August 20, 21 and 22, between the Liberal, PQ and CAQ leaders.